Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804)

Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 1553, pp. 1-45 : 21

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.178168
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6249179
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scientific name	Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804)
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Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) View in CoL

Material examined (N=5). 2m, 3f, 12/VII/2003, St. 0 4 (CrUESB#335).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Bermuda, from North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Central America, Antilles, northern South America, and Brazil (Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, and from Pará to São Paulo) (Melo 1999). Eastern Atlantic – Cape Verde ( Freitas & Castro 2005).

Ecological notes. On reefs, among rocks, in sponges and other environments that provide shelter. It can also be found in sand and gravel bottoms. From shallow waters to 90 m (Melo 1999).

Previous records in Bahia. White (1847), Gomes Corrêa (1972), Almeida et al. (2007).